Recipe By: Faith Durand, The Kitchn

Ingredients

• 1 cup steel cut oats
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup dried apricots, snipped into small pieces
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1 cup buttermilk, milk, or cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons wheat bran (optional)

 
Spray a Crock-Pot liner with cooking spray, or rub with butter. Mix the oats, brown sugar, salt and apricots. Pour in the water, milk, and vanilla and stir. Add the wheat bran, if you want. Turn on low and cover. Cook for 7-8 hours. Serve with extra milk and sugar.